Atheists don't follow their own laws of logic
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There's a web site running a lot of Google ads on atheist sites trying to convince atheists their position defies the very logic they claim to appreciate. The argument is indicated below. It needs to be broken down and explained:
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Atheism is a lack of belief mentality which rejects the existence of anything supernatural. By default, atheists are also naturalists and evolutionists. They believe there is a natural explanation for all circumstances and nothing has ever occurred that has a supernatural answer. |
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This is contrary to the actual definition of atheism, which means simply without theism.
While atheism does not break any state or federal laws, it does break several scientific laws. A scientific law is defined as the observance and recognition of a repeatable process in nature. It is widely accepted as a statement of fact and a universal truth. Scientific laws do not need complex external proofs. They are accepted at face value because they have always been observed to be true. A miracle is an event which is inexplicable by the laws of nature. A miracle contradicts natural, scientific laws and atheists typically scoff at the suggestion that miracles have ever occurred. What scientific laws does atheism break?_______________________________________________________________________________ The Laws of Conservation The laws of conservation are basic laws in physics that state which processes can or cannot occur in nature. Each law maintains the total value of the quantity governed by that law (e.g. matter and energy) remains unchanged during physical processes. Conservation laws have the broadest possible application of all laws in physics and are considered to be the most fundamental laws in nature. In 1905, the theory of relativity showed mass was a form of energy and the two laws governing these quantities were combined into a single law conserving the total amount of mass and energy. This law says neither matter nor energy can be created or destroyed. This fact leads to an inescapable question. If matter and energy cannot be created, how did they originate? Where did the entire physical universe come from? |
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The author of this text is assuming the universe and energy had a beginning. Most cosmological evidence supports the idea that energy has always existed and that the energy from this universe will continue to exist long after it has ceased to exist as we know it.
Again, it is impossible to create matter and energy through natural methods. However, they do exist, so we find ourselves in a quandary. It would seem to the unbiased either matter and energy made themselves from nothing or a supernatural creator made them. |
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False dichotomy; the author is merely asserting that there are only two choices to a highly complicated topic.
Both answers violate the law of conservation. The fact that matter and energy cannot be created is consistent with the claim in Genesis which says God rested from his work and all he created. This law of science contradicts the notion that matter came from nothing through natural means. Bible believing theists understand the universe was framed by the Word of God and what is seen did not come from things that are visible. God is the one who calls those things that do not exist as though they did. |
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Still no answer on where this "god" thing came from. If everything needs a beginning, when did God begin? If God is eternal, why can't the much simpler concept of energy be eternal? Answer: Because theism by definition rests on the idea of a grand creator, not natural law.
| Why couldn't the universe have always existed? Because nothing that has a beginning and an end could have always existed. |
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Energy has no beginning, and no end. It is ALWAYS conserved - the laws of conservation explicitly state this.
Today, virtually all scientists accept the Big Bang theory which says the entire universe came into existence at a particular point in time when all of the galaxies, stars and planets were formed. The Law of Entropy says closed systems go from a state of high energy to low energy and from order to disorder. All closed systems, including our universe, disintegrate over time as they decay to a lower order of available energy and organization. Entropy always increases and never decreases in a closed system. All scientific observations confirm everything continues to move towards a greater state of decay and disorder. Because the available energy is being used up and there is no source of new energy, the universe could not have always existed. If the universe has always existed, it would now be uniform in temperature, suffering what is known as heat death. Heat Death occurs when the universe has reached a state of maximum entropy. It is a fact that one day our sun and all stars in the universe will burn out. Electromagnetic radiation will disappear and all matter will lose its vibrational energy. Because the stars cannot burn forever and because they are still currently burning, they could not have always existed because they would have already burned out by now. |
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It's true that stars have lifetimes. However, the energy currently contained in this universe coalesces to form matter, then stars, which form more dense matter. Even with the complete process of fusion, supernova, etc., the universe will eventually reach a state of maximal entropy. However, energy will still be conserved because you CANNOT DESTROY IT. The energy in this universe will remain in one form or another. Some research suggests that at this point, the universe will reset itself and cause another big bang. Thus, energy is still conserved and re dispersed.
| Some believe the law of entropy cannot be applied to the universe because they feel the universe is an open system and not a closed one. A closed system is defined as a system in which neither matter nor energy can be exchanged with its surroundings. Matter and energy cannot enter or escape from a closed system. It has boundaries that cannot be crossed. The definition of the word universe is all matter and energy, including the earth, the galaxies and the contents of intergalactic space, regarded as a whole.
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Matter is simply a form of energy. If energy is eternal, so is time. No contest.
Since God is the creator of the whole universe, he is the creator of time and is independent and outside of time. He is not limited by the time dimension he created, so he has no beginning in time. |
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Obviously God is time, space, and energy. Problem solved.
| There is not even one generally accepted scientific theory on the origin of matter and energy. _________________________________________________________________________________ The Law of Biogenesis
If one stretched out a strand of DNA from the oldest and most basic organism known to man, a bacterium, it would be almost 1,000 times longer than the diameter of the bacterium itself. Its DNA pattern is about 4 million blocks long. Where did all of this exquisite information come from? The components of a bacterium are far more complex than any machine mankind has ever made. There is absolutely zero scientific evidence of the existence of any organisms between the supposed event of abiogenesis and bacteria. This is the biggest missing link of all. There is absolutely no evidence any such organism is alive today or was ever alive in the past. Some feel it makes total sense no such fossils exist because the creature would have been made up of parts which do not fossilize well. If this argument was valid, there would not be any fossils of bacteria but there are. Replication requires the complex machinery of DNA and RNA which are collectively known as the genome. According to evolution, something like the genome could only achieve its utter complexity through replication, cumulative selection and mutation.
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It's interesting that speciation is omitted from that last line, perhaps because that has been observed.
| Evolutionists are excellent at Step 2 - Hypothesizing. The only problem comes on Steps 1, 3 and 4 - Observation, Experimentation and Validation. We read about their theories and the conclusions of the failed experiments they performed in an effort to validate their opinions about a phenomenon that has not only never been proven scientifically but has never even been observed. The definition of a miracle is an event which is inexplicable by the laws of nature. The fact is there are zero generally accepted scientific explanations on these issues. If you want to believe in naturalism it is fine with me but please don't make the erroneous claim that "science" is on your side.
What term is used to describe something you believe to be true but has no empirical evidence? Faith.
It is interesting how atheists reject any notion of the supernatural because of what they perceive to be a lack of evidence when they could use that same objectivity to reject their naturalistic world view. Most atheists are not even honest enough to apply the same burden of proof for naturalism that they demand of supernaturalism. The laws of science falsify the notion that this physical, living world came to be through natural means. These laws provide very credible evidence for the possible existence of a supernatural being. Atheism violates these basic laws of science. Atheism requires not only a tremendous amount of faith but also a belief in miracles. And not only miracles but natural miracles, an oxymoron. Both naturalism and supernaturalism require faith and which one you place your faith in is one of the two most important choices you will ever make. |
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